Stanley Taft
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Appia Antica Ioil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Appia Antica I
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Appia Antica IIoil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Appia Antica II
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Largo Agrentina Voil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Largo Agrentina V
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Doria Pamphili Voil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Doria Pamphili V
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Circo Massimo Ioil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Circo Massimo I
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Parco Della Acquedotti IVoil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Parco Della Acquedotti IV
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Via Giacomo Medicioil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Via Giacomo Medici
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Via Carini IIoil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"Via Carini II
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Viale Aventino
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
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Ostia Antica Blueoil and acrylic on canvas, 56" x 48"Ostia Antica Blue
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Trastevere Redoil and acrylic on canvas, 56" x 48"Trastevere Red
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Ostia Antica I, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Ostia Antica I, Sold -
Monte Aventino II, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Monte Aventino II, Sold -
Via Carini I, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Via Carini I, Sold -
Via Ardeatina II, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Via Ardeatina II, Sold -
Ostia Antica II, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Ostia Antica II, Sold -
Via Della Sette Chiese III, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Via Della Sette Chiese III, Sold -
Via Florida II, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Via Florida II, Sold -
Villa Doria Pamphili II, Sold
oil and acrylic on paper, 28.5" x 20"
Villa Doria Pamphili II, Sold
Biography
Stan Taft received a B.F.A. degree with a concentration in painting from the California College of Arts and Crafts and a M.F.A. degree in painting from Fort Wright College. He has taught at the State University of New York, College at Purchase, was Artist in Residence at the University of Iowa. He has taught in the Art Department at Cornell University since 1985 in Ithaca, NY and at the Cornell University program in Rome, Italy.
He has received project grants from the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University with collaborator John Zissovici, and from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. His publications include co-authorship of articles on the analysis of artist pigments in the Journal of the Materials Research Society and he is principal author with James Mayer of The Science of Paintings published by Springer-Verlag. His studio practice focuses primarily on painting, drawing and sculpture applied to subjects relating to Italian culture and landscape, and to the landscape of the New York Finger Lakes. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally.